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Europe’s Fuel Supply Fears Worsen As Major Refinery Malfunctions
Europe’s Fuel Supply Fears Worsen As Major Refinery Malfunctions The biggest refinery in Europe, Shell’s Pernis in the Netherlands, suffered a malfunction late on Wednesday, which could exacerbate an already worsening fuel supply situation in northwest Europe due to the strikes in France. Shell Pernis said late on Wednesday that “Due to a malfunction on one of […]
Oil Giants admit to a 5C Temperature Increase being baked in but no one else will!
Oil Giants admit to a 5C Temperature Increase being baked in but no one else will! “Oil giants Shell and BP are planning for global temperatures to rise as much as 5°C by the middle of the century. The level is more than double the upper limit committed to by most countries in the world under the Paris […]
13 Years Is Too Long for Victims of Shell’s Oil Spills to Wait for Justice
13 Years Is Too Long for Victims of Shell’s Oil Spills to Wait for Justice This case has beaten a path through the undergrowth for victims of corporate crimes. Now we need strong laws to make this avenue easier to access. Donald Pols (R), director of Dutch environmental organization Milieudefensie, and Channa Samkalden (L), lawyer […]
Shell’s Largest Refinery Reduces Crude Processing Capacity By 50%
Shell’s Largest Refinery Reduces Crude Processing Capacity By 50% Shell will halve the crude oil processing capacity of its largest wholly owned refinery in the world, Pulau Bukom in Singapore, as part of its ambition to be a net-zero emissions business by 2050 or sooner, the supermajor said on Tuesday. Pulau Bukom hosts the largest wholly-owned Shell refinery globally […]
Shell’s Colossal Miscalculation in 2011 of Today’s LNG Price: Largest-Ever $12-$17-Billion “Floating Facility” Shut Down, Months After Shipping First LNG. Done in by Long Price Collapse
Shell’s Colossal Miscalculation in 2011 of Today’s LNG Price: Largest-Ever $12-$17-Billion “Floating Facility” Shut Down, Months After Shipping First LNG. Done in by Long Price Collapse Built to profit from sky-high LNG Prices in Japan. Sunk by surging US LNG Exports, multi-year collapse in LNG prices, global LNG glut. The Great East Japan Earthquake and […]
We need a fossil fuel non-proliferation treaty – and we need it now
We need a fossil fuel non-proliferation treaty – and we need it now Climate breakdown is an imminent threat to humanity. But an international treaty could avert calamity Brown coal power plant in North Rhine-Westphalia. ‘Currently global demand for coal, oil and gas are all growing, with fossil fuels accounting for 81% of energy use.’ […]
Big Oil Walking A Tightrope As Prices Rise
Big Oil Walking A Tightrope As Prices Rise Supermajors have had a great year so far, and their third-quarter results, to be released over the next couple of weeks, are likely to strengthen this impression. But this does not necessarily mean that investors will reward them. Investors have become a lot more careful in the […]
Fossil Fuel Companies Knew How Hard Keeping to IPCC’s ‘Unprecedented’ 1.5C Limit Would Be — And Did Nothing
Fossil Fuel Companies Knew How Hard Keeping to IPCC’s ‘Unprecedented’ 1.5C Limit Would Be — And Did Nothing The scientists are clear: “rapid, far-reaching and unprecedented changes in all aspects of society” are needed if the humans are going to prevent the world warming by more than 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels. This news — emanating from the release of […]
Exclusive: Shell Took 16 Years To Warn Shareholders of Climate Risks, Despite Knowing in Private All Along
Exclusive: Shell Took 16 Years To Warn Shareholders of Climate Risks, Despite Knowing in Private All Along It took oil company Shell more than 16 years to directly warn its shareholders that climate policy posed a financial risk to the company’s business model despite knowing — in private and for decades — about the relationship between its […]
A Shell report predicted how devastating climate change would be — it’s from 1988
A Shell report predicted how devastating climate change would be — it’s from 1988 Royal Dutch Shell gas station. Jonathan Nicholson/NurPhoto via Getty Images A 1988 Royal Dutch Shell report recently published online shows that the company knew decades ago what the impact of climate change would be. The document was found by Dutch journalist […]
The Pros And Cons Of Nord Stream 2
The Pros And Cons Of Nord Stream 2 There are few issues as divisive in the EU as the planned construction of Nord Stream 2, another direct gas infrastructure connection between Germany and the Russian Federation. With the climate of relations between Russia and the West just above the point of freezing, the agreement between […]
The Lies and the Narrative
The Lies and the Narrative Frank Larson Chrysler reflection, 42nd Street near 5th Ave, New York 1950sUpdate: Dutch Foreign Minister Halbe Zijlstra resigned at 5pm local time, before the parliamentary debate could take place. But that still leaves Rutte in place with his own version of “when it gets serious, you have to lie”. There […]
Study Fills in Missing Data on Homes, Schools, Habitats at Risk from Shell’s Falcon Pipeline
Study Fills in Missing Data on Homes, Schools, Habitats at Risk from Shell’s Falcon Pipeline At the end of 2017, Shell ran slightly afoul of Pennsylvania state regulators after filing a pipeline permit application to the state and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers that failed to show sensitive environmental areas in the path of its proposed […]
Gulf Of Mexico Output Falls Nearly 100% After Hurricane Nate
Gulf Of Mexico Output Falls Nearly 100% After Hurricane Nate As of Sunday, 92.61 percent of crude oil production capacity in the Gulf of Mexico was shut in, the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement said. In barrels, this amounted to 1.62 million per day, with 298 platforms and 14 rigs evacuated, representing 40.43 percent […]
Shell Oil Spill Cleanup Operation Ends As Voices Against New Gulf Drilling Grow Louder
Shell Oil Spill Cleanup Operation Ends As Voices Against New Gulf Drilling Grow Louder Five days after Royal Dutch Shell reported an estimated 88,000 gallon crude oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico from its operations in the Glider field, the oil company and the U.S. Coast Guard agreed to halt skimming operations used in the cleanup because they were no […]
